Originally posted by @Mary Ann Aulbur:Government programs require additional paperwork, time, and lessens my control of the rental. 

Happy and prosperous investing to you.Kudos,Mary

Now as for avoiding other people's failure, that's possible but just be prepared to make your own as there is not much success to come without at least one failure....Kudos,Mary

By that time, they don't have the funds to pay the default and additional fees to reaffirm the mortgage to keep the home, so the property is seized.Bottom line, many Pre-foreclosures in CA go to foreclosure because the owner is hoping for a hail-mary other than the one we give them. 

@Mary Quinones, have you had success finding deals in the South West area so far?

Marie Poe We are into it for the 20% down payment, the points, front end closing costs, and obviously monthly interest payments. 

Kudos,Mary

bloody shame the rockefeller/rothschilds are targetting the cities just north (oakland, frisco, berkeley, etc) for transhumanism; sad to see how much chem spraying they're doing these days over such adjacent beautiful, virgin terrain south =L100resilientcities.org

Pick one and usually there are other links within those articles/blogs related to the topic...Kudos,Mary  

Thanks, Marie.